Collapsible box.



PATENTBD NOV. 19, 1907.

H. T. NEWBY.

COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

APPLICATION .FILED 1130.27.1906.

. PATENTED NOV. 19, H. T. NEWBY. COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 11110.27, 1906.

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HARMON T. NEWBY, OF MARION, INDIANA.

COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed December 27, 1906. Serial No. 349.669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARMON T. N EWBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marion, inthe county of Grant and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and use- .in a compact manner for reshipment at aconsequently reduced freight rate.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangements of parts as illustrated inthe drawings and set forth in the specification and claims hereontoappended.

In the accompanying drawings in which like parts are designated by likecharacters throughout the several viewsz-Figure l is a longitudinalvertical sectional view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view cuton the line 2 2 of Fig. l and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe box when folded up for shipment. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thebox showing the walls partly disconnected in order to illustrate themanner of assembling the parts of the box.

My invention is described as follows:-

The box comprises six boards-jointed or locked together. Each board ispreferably made of a single piece and for convenience in reference, Iwill refer to the boards 1 and 2 as the top and bottom of the box,respectively, the boards 3 as the ends thereof, and the boards 4 as thesides of the box.

Secured to the inner faces of the sides of the box near their upper andlower edges, are longitudinal strips or cleats 5 and 6 respectively.

The bottom of the box is provided on its upper face, adjacent one of itsside edges,

.with suitable hinges 7 by means of which said bottom is hinged to oneof the longitudinal strips or cleats 6, and has fulcrumed on its upperface near its opposite side edge a hook 8 adapted to engage in a catch9, se-

cured in the upper face of the adjacent lower strip or cleat 7.

The boards 3, which I have denominated the ends, extend somewhat aboveand below the plane of the upper and lower edges of the sides 4, and areprovided on their inner faces near their upper and lower edges withtransverse strips or cleats S and 9 respectively, which are locatedabove and below said longitudinal strips or cleats 5 and 6,respectively, of said sides, and are pivotally connected near their endsthereto by vertical pintles 10. Said top 1, is pivotally connected tothe side edges of one of the ends of the box near its upper end by links10, perforated near their ends for the passage of pins 11 by which saidlinks are pivoted to the parts which they connect. Said top is providedon its under face near the end thereof opposite its hinged end with afastener 12, provided in one end with a square perforation, andpivotally held in position by a wire clasp 13 secured in the under faceof said top immediately under said fastener. Said top is provided nearsaid last-mentioned end in vertical alinement with the squareperforation of said fastenter 12 with a vertical perforation 14. Saidfastener may be turned to the right or left, as desired, when its outerend engages the under face of the adjacent transverse strip or beam 8and locks the top securely in position, by employing a square nail orsquare piece of metal as a key. A special key, may, if found desirable,be made for this purpose.

The top, bottom, sides and ends of the box are not necessarily solid,but may be slatted and the box may be constructed of wood, metal, orsuch other material as is found desirable.

I do not coniine'myself to the specific construction described, butclaim the right to make such changes therein that fairly fall within thescope of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

A collapsible box comprising side and end walls, the latter beingextended above and below the plane of the upper and lower edges of theside walls, cleats attached to, and ex tending longitudinally of, theinner faces of the side walls at their upper and lower edges, inwardlyprojecting cleats attached to and extending transversely of the box atthe upper and lower edges of the end walls to overlap the ends of therst-named cleats, vertical pintles extended through the overlapping endsof the cleats for pivotally connecting the walls of the box, a bottomhinged at one side edge to the adjacent lower side cleat and adapted tofold upward against the inner face of the corresponding side wall of thebox between the cleats, means for iiXing the bottom in operativeposition, a cover for the boX arranged to close between the end cleats7links terminally pivoted to one end of the cover and the adjacent endwall of the boX for movably connecting the cover therewith, the coverbeing adapted to fold downward upon the outer face of the end Wall towhich it is attached, and means for fixing the cover in operativeposition.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HARMON T. NEWBY.

Witnesses:

LILIAN NEWBY, W. E. HAIsLEY.

